We regretfully announce that NewsKamloops will cease publication today, Sept. 30, 2016.
We’ve enjoyed the experiment of publishing an independent, online newspaper owned and written by Kamloops people, and we thank readers who have made us their news source over the past 14 months. Likewise, we’re sincerely grateful to our correspondents and...

Another man has died in the street in Kamloops Thursday night, though police can’t say whether a drug overdose is to blame.
Kamloops RCMP said Thursday that they do not consider the death of the man, 50, to be suspicious. A second man, a...

The Red Bridge will be temporarily closed Sunday, Oct. 2, for routine maintenance.
A crew will be reinforcing the wooden deck and repairing a pothole at the south end of the bridge.
The work has been scheduled for Sunday in order to...

Though NewsKamloops.com is no longer active, The Armchair Mayor category lives on, returning to its own website. Columnists who have contributed to The Armchair Mayor will keep on writing and they can be found at ArmchairMayor.ca.
While...

SO MUCH has happened in the last week it's hard to know where to start in choosing a topic for this piece. The crushing news, in my opinion, was the approval of the Pacifice Northwest LNG export terminal by the federal government. Communicated...

The Kamloops Blazers surrendered four goals in the game’s second half as they dropped a 4-0 decision to the host Prince George Cougars on Friday night in the last WHL exhibition game for each team.
The Cougars finished with a 3-3-0 record;...

Travis Walton scored his first WHL goal on Saturday. On Monday, he signed his first WHL contract.
Walton, a native of Abbotsford, joined the Kamloops Blazers in time to play in a 6-3 loss to the visiting Kelowna Rockets. He scored the...

SINCE THIS this will be the last RAATJ, I would like to close with one of my favourites, Oscar Peterson. I have never liked the phrase “the greatest” of anything. It is a purely subjective thing, usually they are all...

A ghost long rumoured to haunt the fly loft at Sagebrush Theatre has been served notice: Séances will be held nightly for the duration of Noël Coward’s comedy Blithe Spirit, Oct. 6-15.
The first of three co-productions WCT has...

A B.C. firm intends to test the sun-baked hillsides near Cache Creek for the viability of solar power generation with long-term potential for a clean energy project worth anywhere between $3 million and $45 million.
Sunfield Energy Inc....

Employee safety on the road will be covered in two Interior workshops in early October.
Road Safety At Work, an initiative managed by the Justice Institute of BC and funded by WorkSafeBC, is holding the sessions in Kamloops and Kelowna.
Their...

A West Coast area that became synonymous with B.C.’s War in the Woods more than 20 years ago is threatened again by resource development, say two naturalists who were part of the struggle that pitted loggers against environmentalists.
Dan...

United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo is well on its way to reaching a three-year goal of raising $6.5 million, particularly with the promise of new partnerships in Kamloops.
“It was an ambitious goal for sure, and of course there was concern...

By DAVID WYLIE
A former B.C. premier wants people to have a safe supply of weed.
Mike Harcourt, who chairs True Leaf Medicine based in Lumby, is calling on the federal government to ensure a “safe and secure” supply of marijuana is...

By CASTANET STAFF
RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating a fatal collision Wednesday evening, Sept. 28, in West Kelowna.
At 10:37 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle collision in the northbound lanes of...

By CASTANET STAFF
Rubber will be burning and dirt will be flying in Merritt this weekend.
The Pacific Forest Rally, a stage rally event set in the hills and forests around Merritt, starts Friday.
The event has been running since 2002 and...

By JORDAN CUNNINGHAM
After a tough, four-loss weekend against UBC, the WolfPack baseball team is looking to bounce back and onto the winning track this weekend with six games scheduled.
Action starts Friday night, Sept. 30, as the ’Pack...